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- The seeds of Tagetes: special features and sowing
- Properties of the seeds
- Harvest of seeds
- Seed Tagetes from seed
- Tips
After flowering, many seeds can be collected
The seeds of Tagetes: special features and sowing
Tagetes are among the most popular summer flowers as they are almost indestructible and set bright accents with their colorful flowers. The flowering plant carries numerous seeds, which you can harvest and use for offspring. Feels the Tagetes in one location well, they are often even out themselves.
Properties of the seeds
Like all asteraceae, Tagetes forms Achanaea after fertilization, a variety of nuts. The seeds are rod-shaped and are in small tubes, which become visible after blooming.
Harvest of seeds
If you want to multiply Tagetes yourself, you can harvest the seeds of the decayed flowers throughout the flowering period. In this case, avoid removing the flower heads immediately after they have withered and leave them on the plant until they are dry.
Gently pick the seeds and let them dry completely. Store the seeds in a dry and frost-free place until sowing.
Seed Tagetes from seed
In order to plant the potted flowers in the garden or in a planter after the ibis in May, you should start growing in late February or early March. The following conditions must be met for Tagetes to germinate quickly and thrive:
Since Tagetes are usually sown flat, you have to pique the young plants as soon as the second pair of leaves has formed. After the icy saints, the student flowers should be carefully accustomed to the field. First of all, place the pots in a shaded and sheltered place on the terrace during the day so that the plants can adapt to the changed conditions.
Tips
Tagetes come in a variety of different shapes, which vary in height and flower color. However, the characteristics of the hybrids are not always inherited in a seedling progeny.